Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Abbreviations xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Preface xix
Plates xxv
Part I Copying, Editing, and Assembly of the Vernon Manuscript
Codicology, Palaeography, and Provenance A. I. Doyle 3
The Scribes of the Vernon Manuscript Simon Horobin 27
Mapping the Language of the Vernon Manuscript Jeremy J. Smith 49
Editorial Politics in the Vernon Manuscript Ryan Perry 71
Rubrics, Opening Numbering, and the Vernon Table of Contents Wendy Scase 97
Part II Decoration and Illustration of the Vernon Manuscript
Border Artists of the Vernon Manuscript Rebecca Farnham 127
The Miniatures in the Vernon Manuscript Alison Stones 149
The Artistic Origins of the Vernon Manuscript Lynda Dennison 171
The Artists of the Vernon Initials Wendy Scase 207
Appendix to Part II: Division of Artists' Hands/Decoration Types 227
Part III Models, Analogues, and Patronage of the Vernon Manuscript
Patronage Symbolism and Sowlehele Wendy Scase 231
Some Vernon Analogues and their Patrons Wendy Scase 247
The Patronage of the Vernon Manuscript Wendy Scase 269
Bibliography 295
Index of Manuscripts 319
General Index 325
